August 1997

TOPIC OF THE MONTH

Le Bourget '97: The mega-show
The 42nd Aérosalon in Paris became a mega-event with many news to talk about. We are reporting up-to-date from the world's largest aerospace trade fair.
Airbus FLA
Request for Proposals expected in September
ILA in Berlin
What are the perspectives for 1998?
Lockheed Martin
Order for Russian RD-180 launcher engines
Eurocopter Tiger
Production investment contract signed
Airline manufacturers
News from Le Bourget
Engine manufacturers
News from Le Bourget

CIVIL AVIATION

Continental Airlines
Comeback in record time
Air France
Privatization not sure after French election
Condor
Drastic profit drop in 1996
Regional Airlines
No German subsidiary planned for ex-BA routes
Lufthansa Technik
Maintenance in the change

SPACEFLIGHT

Shuttle mission STS-84
Docking to the space station Mir and astronaut exchange
XMM
Europe builds the world's largest x-ray space telescope
Spaceflight in China
The People's Republic of China plans its first manned space flight in 1999
DLR/DARA
Managing Director Kröll outlines space research options

MILITARY AVIATION

Sukhoi Su-37
Aggressive marketing for Russia's best fighter
Hughes HISAR
Reconnaissance radar is offered at bargain prices
US defence planning
The Pentagon's newest quadrennial review shows procurement cutbacks
McDonnell Douglas SLAM
US Navy orders new stand-off weapon
Green Flag
German Tornado ECR participate for the first time in electronic combat training at Nellis

TECHNOLOGY

Satellite navigation, Part II
The Russian GLONASS system
Simula
Airbags for helicopters are under development

HISTORY

Hindustan Marut
Kurt Tanks fighter bomber for India

COLUMNS

Editorial: European restructuring - who will wait for France?
News
German Air Force Association
Reader pages
Model service
Afterburner
Letters
Preview, masthead

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